SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1985
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TENDERS INVITED FOR EQUIPMENT TO REDUCE SOOT EMISSION
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TENDERS ARE BEING INVITED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS FOR THE THREE REMAINING INCINERATOR UNITS AT KENNEDY TOWN.
THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATION PLANT CONSISTS OF FIVE INCINERATOR UNITS, TWO OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED WITH ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS TO REDUCE SOOT EMISSION.
ON COMPLETION OF THE WORKS, THE AIR QUALITY IN THE KENNEDY TOWN AREA WILL BE IMPROVED.
THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE CONTRACT WHICH COMPRISES THE CONSTRUCTION OF BORED CONCRETE PILES AND SUPPORT PLINTHS FOR THE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS, CONSTRUCTION OF A CONTROL ROOM, AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
THE WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN APRIL THIS YEAR AND BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER.
THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR, WHICH STARTED OPERATION IN 1967, HAS A CAPACITY TO DISPOSE OF 650 TONS OF REFUSE A DAY.
TENANTS MOVE INTO FIRST OUTLYING ISLAND THA
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THE FIRST TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA TO BE BUILT ON AN OUTLYING ISLAND HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS NOW TAKING IN TENANTS.
+THIS NEW THA AT MUI WO ON LANTAU ISLAND IS ALSO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S SECOND FULL-BUILT THA TO COME INTO USE, SAID A HOUSING SPOKESMAN TODAY.
HE SAID THE FIRST SUCH THA WAS AT KWAI FUK ROAD IN TSUEN WAN WHICH WAS OPENED LAST MONTH.
+THE $3.6 MILLION THA AT MUI WO PROVIDES REHOUSING FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCE.
+AT THE MOMENT, INTAKE IS CONTINUING FOR FAMILIES FROM STILTS ON THE SEASHORE OF MUT WO, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR CLEARANCE SOON. SOME. 107 FAMILIES OF 456 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO THE NEW THA
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE THA HAD 12 DOMESTIC BLOCKS OF DUPLEX-TYPE UNITS FOR 741 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 16 UNITS FOR SINGLE PERSONS.
/+ALL UNITS